![Did famed broadcaster David Attenborough of BBC invent the yellow tennis ball? Why did the sport switch from white colored balls? Did famed broadcaster David Attenborough of BBC invent the yellow tennis ball? Why did the sport switch from white colored balls?](https://www.mediareferee.com/wp-content/uploads/David-Attenborough.-GettyImages-1241173121-89f9548-scaled.jpg)
Did famed broadcaster David Attenborough of BBC invent the yellow tennis ball? Why did the sport switch from white colored balls?
![TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other" : r/todayilearned TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other" : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/X9MNrj3H0yacWo9pBxh_nNkDsqhaJJwJ00Xu-G-iiM4.jpg?auto=webp&s=360ecf49593705bbe0e821d80fd72c39ea522005)
TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other" : r/todayilearned
![Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The US Sun Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The US Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/fj7db5-four-yellow-tennis-balls-395904121.jpg)
Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The US Sun
![Diply FACTS! Image Credit: Tennis365 Tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television, so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. - Diply FACTS! Image Credit: Tennis365 Tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television, so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. -](https://img.ifunny.co/images/8ebe8ab770b38dc7f114f926f9fd441905f5e2b53e98dcc57716cde9a028249c_1.jpg)
Diply FACTS! Image Credit: Tennis365 Tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television, so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. -
![TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis](https://external-preview.redd.it/h3waQnt9J20gpQylJRM-hd1DFJGnSMPHsMdsknPeOtY.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=df33997260def5e6f20addfbe4482a69bcac07f5)
TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis
![Tajiel Urioh on Twitter: "Tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. #TajDYK #DoYouKnow # Tajiel Urioh on Twitter: "Tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. #TajDYK #DoYouKnow #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo37_H5XcAM_erJ.jpg)